National Research University

Higher School of Economics – St.Petersburg

Higher School of Economics –

St.Petersburg

1992 Higher School of Economics was established as

a master’s education center

1998 HSE – St.Petersburg was established

By 2014 HSE has grown to become the National

Network University Campus

HSE – St.Petersburg at a Glance

St.Petersburg

Nizhny Novgorod

Moscow

Perm

QUICK FACTS

HSE – ST.PETERSBURG 276 93

ACADEMIC FACULTY

RESEARCH FELLOWS

2,500 STUDENTS

5+2 FACULTIES

1 DEPARTMENT

ANNUAL CONFERENCES

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

CENTERS

RESEARCH CENTERS 7 >20

2

Faculty of Economics

Faculty of Management

Faculty of Sociology

Faculty of History

Faculty of Law

Department of Applied Political Science

Faculties

DIRECTOR Advisory Board Campus Council

School of Economics and Management

School of Social Studies and Humanities

School of Public Policy and Public Administration

Law School

Institute of Continuing Education

CENTERS

RESEARCH CENTERS

OFFICES

CENTERS

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS

DEPARTMENT

Education Research Infrastructure

Upcoming Organizational Structure of HSE – St.Petersburg

Mission Statement

Challenges 2020

1. Multidisciplinary approach in education

and research

- Policy-oriented

- Project-oriented

- Area-oriented

2. Leadership in Social, Humanitarian

and Management technologies

3. Internationalization

HSE Campus in St.Petersburg is a front office of Russia’s

international cooperation in North-Western region in the field of

social studies, economics and humanities

Bachelor Programs:

Economics

Management

Public Governance

Social Studies

History

Political Science

Law

Oriental Studies

Programs in English

Bachelor in International Management

Academic Programs

Master Programs:

Finance

Applied Economics

Marketing Technologies

Economy of Impressions:

Hospitality Management

Public Governance

Political Science

Modern Social Analysis

Law Studies

International Master in

Comparative Social Research

International Master in Applied

History (2015)

International Master in Comparative Social Research (2014)

2-year all-English MA program in comparative sociology

Tuition waivers and Scholarships for top students.

Academic orientation, with additional advantage for international research labor

market.

Graduate Profile:

All the graduates of the program will get the ability to write scientific articles based

on the analysis of empirical data. Program graduates will be empowered to publish

their research papers in international peer-reviewed journals. Students will be

encouraged to continue their careers within European partners’ PhD programs in

collaboration with the HSE academic PhD program.

1 Year 2 Year

Term 1 Moscow Research Internship

Term 2 St.Petersburg Research

Laboratory

Rolling application begins on March 1, 2014

Special feature: interdisciplinary approach. Applied history suffers from

insufficient dialogue with research in other disciplines, including geography,

ecology, management, economics, law, sociology, humanities and arts.

3 Pillars of the curriculum:

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Graduate Profile:

Upon the completion of the program, candidates will demonstrate broad-

based knowledge and systems thinking as well as skills and analytic

competence both in history in general, and applied and interdisciplinary

history in particular.

Historical memory and

identity policy, theories

of nationalism, imperial

and colonial studies

and postcolonial forms

of identity

Interdisciplinary

historical research with

a focus on historical,

cultural and natural

heritage

Methodology and

applied historical

methods: oral history,

genealogy, material

culture, informatics in

history, database

management,

geoinformatics.

International Master in Applied and Interdisciplinary History (2015)

Research at HSE – St.Petersburg

HSE – St.Petersburg strives to establish the Centers of Excellence in the following

fields:

- Urban Studies and Urban Planning;

- Diversity and Tolerance;

- Digital Social Science and Humanities;

- Comparative Research.

Research Centers:

Center for Sociology of Education and

Science Studies

Center for Internet Studies

Center for Youth Studies

Center for Urban Studies

Center for Impression Economy Studies

Center for Corporate Innovation Research

Center for Historical Research

Center for Comparative Legal Studies

International Research Centers at HSE – St.Petersburg (1)

Laboratory for Comparative Social Research

Academic Advisor – Prof. Ronald F. Inglehart,

University of Michigan – Ann Harbor

The strategic goals of the Laboratory:

- Subjective Well-being and Health,

- Tolerance: Nationalism, Migration, Religion.

Selected Ongoing projects:

- Genetic Factors and Preferences for Redistribution and Collective Behavior

- Gender Attitudes and Perception of Democracy in the Arab World

- Sexual Liberalization in Central Asia: a Marker of Modernization or a Choice of the

Poorest?

- Exogenous shock, genetic diversity and social change: The Case of Alcohol and

European Colonization

- Nationalism in Russian Society: An Experimental Study

- Elite-2020

International Research Centers at HSE – St.Petersburg (2)

Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics

Academic Advisor – Jacques-François Thisse

CORE, Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), CEPR

The strategic goal of the Center:

-getting meaningful results in economic theory and empirical research, based on a

new class of models of market systems with free entry

Selected Ongoing projects:

-new possibilities of the monopolistically competitive markets

-extended analysis of the model of monopolistically competitive markets

-the nature of asymmetric solutions agglomeration model of core-periphery type;

-empirical study of Russian interregional and international trade accounting

-development and testing of computable general equilibrium models in the regions

International Recruitment at HSE

Since 2006 HSE has recruited around 100 PhDs under international

contract.

For the 2014/15 academic year, HSE is actively recruiting in 15 fields:

management, economics, sociology, political science,

international relations, history, psychology, philosophy,

media and communications, education, philology, applied mathematics,

law.

HSE – St.Petersburg is to recrtuit up to 10 PhDs for Assistant

Professors’, Associate Professors’ and Full Professors’ position in

sociology, economics and history.

HSE Summer University (July,1 – August,10, 2014)

Selected Courses

Politics History Economics Culture

1. EU–Russia Relations;

2. Russia in Asia-Pacific;

3. Russia’s Integration

into Global Governance;

4. Post-Soviet Russian

and CIS

1. Russia in

Eurasian and

World Politics;

2.Russian Political

Institutions in

Historical

Perspective;

3. Ethnic and

Religious

Minorities in Post-

Imperial Contexts

1. Doing Business

in Russia;

2. Economy of the

Post-Soviet Space;

3. Environmental

Economics in

Russia;

4. Challenges to

EU–Russia

Economic Links

1. Contemporary

Russian Culture;

2. Russian Classical

Music;

3. Media, Culture and

Society

Russian Language

Add-ons: a wide social program and the option of having one or

two weeks of study and cultural experience in St. Petersburg.

HSE Summer University (July,1 – August,10, 2014)

Russian Language: up to five different levels starting from complete beginners

Students are welcome to take a general course of Russian at the level through an on-

line testing for placement.

PRACTICAL COURSE IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE:

Elementary (by request)

Pre-Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate High/ Advanced Low

Advanced

!!! Optional session

Society & Culture of Tatarstan

(5 days in Kazan)

The tentative per student fee for 6 credits/12 ECTS (96 contact hours) is $2,500–

3,000. This includes not only classes, but also accommodation, airport transfer, visa

support and at least one sight-seeing tour and one social event (dinner).

A number of Scholarships will be available to especially qualified and motivated

students and/or those who plan to join HSE international MA programs later.

Summer School of HSE St.Petersburg

of History

Russia between Past and Present: Russian Politics, History and Culture in

Comparative Perspective

In collaboration with University of Pittsburgh

30 June – 10 July, 2014

Topics of the Summer school:

-history of the Russian Empire,

-USSR

-federalism in the Soviet Union and

the Russian Federation.

The students will be provided with the certificates from the University of

Pittsburgh.

International Exchange Partners

University of Pittsburgh (USA)

Warsaw School of Economics (Poland)

Tampere University of Technology (Finland)

Tomas Bata University (Czech Republic)

Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia)

University of Pecs - Faculty of Business and Economics (Hungary)

Aix Marseille University (France)

Jönköping International Business School (Sweden)

Audencia Nantes School of Management (France)

University Lille – 1 (France)

Dimensions of International Cooperation - Student exchange;

- Faculty exchange;

- Joint Summer Programs;

- Double Degree Programs;

- Customized Study Tours;

- Joint Research Projects;

- Students Internships.

Corporate Partners of HSE – St.Petersburg

PwC, Ernst & Young, Deloitte, KPMG, McKinsey

GM, Nissan, Ford, Group Danone, Bosch-Siemens, Phillip Morris, British American Tobacco, Wrigley, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Fazer, DLA Piper

CitiBank, Sberbank, VTB-Bank, Raiffeisen

BANKS

CONSULTING

GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL COMPANY

Doing Internship at HSE – St.Petersburg

Opportunity:

-to work in one of the international

research laboratories at HSE

-to become a lecturer for HSE students

-to meet international scientific

community

Student Life at HSE – St.Petersburg

HSE Student Council

an elected representative body aiming to protect

interests of students on all levels “From Students To Students”

Organizes various events such as Ms./Mr. HSE,

HSE Party, ICE-Tower

Student groups

-film studio BadBlackFox

-design studio “ART-HSE”

-video studio “DoubleDay”

HSE – St.Petersburg -

School of Economics and

Management

Completion:September, 2014

HSE – St.Petersburg - School of Economics and

Management Completion: September, 2014

Main Campus of HSE – St.Petersburg, Reconstruction of the former Female Patriotic Institute (Completion: 2016)

City of Saint - Petersburg

Northern Capital of Russia

-is a second biggest city in RF

-is one of the most important and largest

Russian sea ports.

Cultural capital of Russia:

-a major European cultural center

-is rich with historic monuments, beautiful

palaces, cathedrals, theatres, art galleries

-is in the List of World Heritage UNESCO